About the Authors

Boris L. Vaisman

Contributed equally to this work with: Boris L. Vaisman, Karen L. Andrews, Sacha M. L. Khong

Affiliation Cardiovascular-Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Karen L. Andrews

Contributed equally to this work with: Boris L. Vaisman, Karen L. Andrews, Sacha M. L. Khong

karen.andrews@bakeridi.edu.au

Affiliation Vascular Pharmacology Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Sacha M. L. Khong

Contributed equally to this work with: Boris L. Vaisman, Karen L. Andrews, Sacha M. L. Khong

Affiliation Vascular Pharmacology Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Katherine C. Wood

Affiliation Cardiovascular-Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Xiao L. Moore

Affiliation Vascular Pharmacology Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Yi Fu

Affiliation Vascular Pharmacology Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Diane M. Kepka-Lenhart

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sidney M. Morris Jr

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Alan T. Remaley

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Cardiovascular-Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jaye P. F. Chin-Dusting

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Vascular Pharmacology Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BV KA SK KW XM YF DK-L SMMJ AR JC-D. Performed the experiments: BV KA SK KW XM YF DK-L. Analyzed the data: BV KA SK KW XM YF DK-L. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BV KA SK KW XM YF DK-L SMMJ AR JC-D. Wrote the paper: BV KA SK KW XM YF DK-L SMMJ AR JC-D.